Session Chairs:

Ruby P. Kishan, Texas State University - San Marcos

Papers:

"The Cyclical Behavior of Banks Price-Cost Margins"
Roger A Aliaga-Diaz, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Maria Pia Olivero, Drexel University

"The Behavior of Bank Loans Over the Business Cycle"
Jose Trinidad, Texas State University - San Marcos (Contact Author)
Ruby P. Kishan, Texas State University - San Marcos

"Animal Spirits Redux: Investment, Productivity and Multiple Steady States"
George A. Waters, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Does Opportunism Pay Off? A Study of Vote Functions and Policy Preferences"
Stefan Krause, Emory University (Contact Author)
Fabio Mendez, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Discussants:

Jean Sepulveda-Umanzor, Universidad del Desarrollo
Gary M. Pecquet, Shenandoah University

Organizers:

Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal

Session Chairs:

Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal

Papers:

"Technological Choice and the Product Cycle"
Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal (Contact Author)

"Interdependence of Restructuring by Host Governments and Foreign Firms in Transition Economies"
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University and California State University - Sacramento (Contact Author)

"The Effects of International Economic Integration on Economic Growth: Complex Network Approach"
Raja Kali, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Fabio Mendez, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville (Contact Author)

"A Theoretical Foundation for Understanding Firm Size Distributions With an Application ot Portuguese Data"
Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University (Contact Author)
Ana Sofia Domingues Rodrigues, University of York - United Kingdom

Discussants:

Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University and California State University - Sacramento
Christopher A. Laincz, Drexel University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal